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Example sentences of "throw myself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Someone shouted : " Lie down ! " , and as I threw myself to the ground , I felt a bullet hit me .
2	‘ And I threw back the bedclothes before I had any more time to think about it and burst out of the bed ; threw myself into the middle of the bedroom , screaming and roaring and thrashing about . ’
3	Alter that night I threw myself into the struggle on Mrs Rumney 's behalf .
4	Callowly , I was disgusted by all this ; I avoided my mother and threw myself into the job of telling lies for La Clava .
5	I stopped going to parties , stopped drinking and threw myself into the regime of Ron 's hard training schedules .
6	I threw myself into the ditch as two further explosions occurred , this time at the crossroads just ahead of the jeep .
7	I threw myself at the door and tried desperately to open it .
8	I threw myself against the wall and prayed .
9	I threw myself against the cell door and hammered and shouted , crying to be let out .
10	‘ If you had warned me then of the horrors in store , I should have thrown myself under the stage rather than have travelled inside it . ’
11	Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground .
12	Finally I decided to decline politely and throw myself on the mercy of an acquaintance instead . ’
13	I said miserably , throwing myself on the cab-driver 's mercy :
14	Splashing through the dark flood , I was again throwing myself at the door when a key turned in its great lock and it opened .
15	Wilkinson said : ‘ I wo n't be throwing myself in the canal over the collapsed deal .
16	‘ Yeah ; soon as it 's finished , I 'm going to throw myself off the Channel Tunnel . ’
17	Looking back I realise that , if there ever was a moment when I might have quit , admitted defeat and abandoned the Cathedral to throw myself on the mercy of school , home or child guidance clinic , this was that moment .